to reapportion
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8.2
- verb
- /ˌriːəˈpɔːrʃən/
- Formal
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reapportionar
- In short, they fought over property and in the process worked to reapportion the rights and privileges that accrue to property.
- reapportion the seats
- reapportion the districts
Examples
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Using the President's proposal as a funding baseline, second interactive analysis reapportions payments to counties based on economic need during the five-year transition period.
Blog text (12) -
In accordance with the Constitution, the House of Representatives is reapportioned every 10 years (see U.S. Constitution, Article I, Sections 2 and 3).
Academic text (2018) -
Slices of a growing pie can be reapportioned without necessarily making anyone worse off in absolute terms.
Academic text (1992) -
Sadly, the US has a huge deficit spending problem, and we can't just reapportion monies.
Blog text (5) -
The charter also reapportioned the Democratic National Convention and Committee to reflect party strength in the electorate.
Academic text (1992) -
we think reapportioning the land and converting into a vineyard is a smart long-term move.
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One way to augment students' involvement in and ownership of their educational experience, thereby reapportioning authority, is to facilitate student-designed curricula.
Academic text (1996) -
Where there is commitment to forward-looking partnership, history offers rivals a chance to reconsider their mutual debts and reapportion the guilt that complicates inter-group relations.
Academic text (2006) -
Even if equality is a prime good and even if it is something that a kind and gentle society should strive for, it needs to be asked whether at the end of the day the have-littles will, on the whole, be worse off by raising taxes and thereby reapportioning society's resources "more fairly."
Blog text (15) -
Every 10 years, after the census, states must reapportion their legislative districts to reflect population changes.
Synonyms
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4.5
Give parts of something, like money or time, to people for a planned purpose
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4.6
To give out things like money or jobs again so they are fairer
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7.0
To divide something and give parts to different people or groups
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5.9
To move something again to a different place or use
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4.7
Move money or resources to a different purpose in a budget
To give something again to other people after sharing it first
To give money or resources again for a different purpose
To divide something into parts again, for example a disk or land
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Morphology
Etymology
The word reapportion comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and apportion, from portion meaning 'part' or 'share'. So to reapportion is to give out the parts or shares again, for example when seats or money are divided again after a change.